World Journal of Gastroenterology

*World Journal of Gastroenterology*
Discipline	Gastroenterology
Language	English
Edited by	Andrzej S. Tarnawski
Publication details
Former name(s)	China National Journal of New Gastroenterology
History	1995-present
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group
Frequency	Weekly
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial
Impact factor	5.742 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	World J. Gastroenterol.
Indexing;
CODEN	WJGAF2
ISSN	1007-9327 (print); 2219-2840 (web);
OCLC no.	41888177
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive; PubMed Central archive;

World Journal of Gastroenterology is a weekly peer-reviewed open access medical journal that covers research in gastroenterology. It was established in 1995 and is published by Baishideng Publishing Group, which was included on Beall's list of predatory publishers.[1] The editor-in-chief is Andrzej S. Tarnawski (California State University, Long Beach).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

CAB Abstracts[2]
Chemical Abstracts[3]
Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[4]
Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed/PubMed Central[5]
Science Citation Index Expanded[4]

In 2004, the journal was delisted from the Journal Citation Reports for excessive self-citation,[6] but it was restored to this index in 2008, at which time its impact factor was determined to be 2.081.[7] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.742, ranking it 28th out of 92 journals in the category "Gastroenterology and Hepatology".[8]

References

"Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers". Thinkchecksubmit. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
"Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
"CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
"Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
"World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
Monastersky, Richard (October 14, 2005). "The number that's devouring science: The impact factor, once a simple way to rank scientific journals, has become an unyielding yardstick for hiring, tenure, and grants". Chronicle of Higher Education. Vol. 52, no. 9. p. A12.
Davis, Phil (October 17, 2011), "Gaming the impact factor puts journal in time-out", The Scholarly Kitchen (blog).
"Journals Ranked by Impact: Gastroenterology and Hepatology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers". Thinkchecksubmit. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[CABAB-2] "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

[CASSI-3] "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

[ISI-4] "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

[MEDLINE-5] "World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2014-12-13.

[6] Monastersky, Richard (October 14, 2005). "The number that's devouring science: The impact factor, once a simple way to rank scientific journals, has become an unyielding yardstick for hiring, tenure, and grants". Chronicle of Higher Education. Vol. 52, no. 9. p. A12.

[7] Davis, Phil (October 17, 2011), "Gaming the impact factor puts journal in time-out", The Scholarly Kitchen (blog).

[WoS-8] "Journals Ranked by Impact: Gastroenterology and Hepatology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.